He pulled the door closed behind him, muffling the sobs of despair. “Bradley?” Mary asked, turning to him. “Give me a minute, Mary,” he said. “Then we can talk.” They walked down the street together in silence. Bradley opened the door for Mary, helped her in and then entered on the other side. Ma...
Becca called as she entered the apartment. She leaned against the wall and tried to catch her breath. It had taken her five minutes to walk up the stairs, having to pause every few steps to catch her breath. She wiped the perspiration off her forehead and took a deep shuddering breath. Clarissa c...
“How are you doing?” Mary asked, walking over to Celia. Taking a deep breath, Celia nodded. “I’m a little nervous I guess,” she said. “I don’t know if I’m ready to face reality.” Placing her hand on Celia’s shoulder, Mary nodded. “We don’t have to do this today,” she said. “We don’t ever have to ...
The black and white linoleum tiled floor was chipped and faded. A Formica kitchen table, grey with red and chrome trim, stood in the middle of the room flanked with four matching red vinyl chairs. The only item on the table was a white ceramic milk pitcher, with red flowers painted on the side, h...
The giant revolving door slowly turned and opened into the lobby. A few senior citizen volunteers were manning the reception desks, but Mary didn’t stop there, she knew her way down to the morgue. Walking through the hospital was always an interesting experience for Mary. She was never quite sure...
Bradley had the radio on and holiday music filled the interior of the car. “I know I should be tired,” Mary said, “but I feel so pumped.” Bradley laughed. “I know exactly how you feel,” he said, taking a deep breath. “Like the world’s a little better place and you got to help.” She smiled at hi...
Walter Gormley shouted, spittle gathering at the corners of his mouth. “I just got off the phone with the police. You went into one of my schools and shot at someone. Do you realize what you could have done?” “Yes, I could have gotten rid of a problem that could ruin all of our lives,” Ephraim Br...
Phoebe Baker parked her car in the driveway of the pastor’s home, made her way up the neatly shoveled walk and rang the doorbell. The door was answered nearly immediately by one of the Johnson girls. Was that Vivian or Rachael? She could never keep them straight. “Hello, Mrs. Baker, would you lik...
He had seen a freaking ghost. Well, okay, he hadn’t seen it, but he had heard it and watched it open doors. What the hell was going on in this world? Maybe it was a trick. Maybe Mary had lured him into her house and had the whole thing set up. He rolled his eyes and shook his head. Yeah, because ...
There was no doubt about it, the guy was a creep. The only reason he’d been released early was because he wasn’t considered a threat to society in general. “Yeah, only to his wife and three kids,” Bradley muttered. He brought up the photos again. A smiling young mother sat behind her three beauti...
“So you wonder why you walk the cemetery this night?” Eloise turned to see Maria Leveau standing in the lane behind her. “I thought the amulet would protect me from being snatched,” Eloise responded, fingering the small pouch at her neck. “Oui” replied Maria. “Lalaurie cannot snatch you, but I d...